Softball: Cantor (An Analytical Approach to Two Discrete Fault Lines)
Dear People,
My team staved off a terrifying 9th-inning rally from Chris Fure's, and in the end it was the Furinator himself whose soaring fly out to left provided the sudden coup de gras, 11-9. With two out but runners on first and third, a mere ten degree shift in lowered Euclidian thrust would've transformed that blast into a game-winning homer, but as it is, they had to settle for the silver. And of course I totally get that Chris was their captain and he blew that last chance and thus in all the great Judeo-aerobic traditions, the scarlet letter of Blame-(“ F- ”)-cleaves clearly to his fair and decent bosom.
Still, and for the record, it was Frank who had previously run straight into two needless and ghastly pickles in which my infield ruthlessly hunted him down as if he were a nothing more than a kafackled Tanzanian warthog. Moreover, it was also the clearly shaken Frankfurter who then proceeded to make three overthrows to first, thereby giving my side the initial five-run cushion which would save us in the 9th. So sure, you can blindly adhere to the traditional norms of recreational custom and blame Chris and Chris alone, or you can actually think for yourself and recognize that ethically speaking, both of these cherished athletes lain splayed and nude on the richly symbolic cross of synergistic failure.
The point is that no matter how many of our vital familial, corporate and governmental institutions default in the weeks ahead, this community will continue proudly as before, and I can assure you that we will do so without a single penny increase in your much resented game fees (unless, of course, Parks and Rec raises our rates). To be sure, this may force us into some unsettling adjustments, but as I'm sure you'd all agree, it would be better to adapt to more cost-effective alternatives such as five-inning wiffle ball or even all-leotard twister, then to compromise our most basic and venerable principles-no matter how amorphous, newly-discovered or cynical they happen to be. And therefore there will be a game at Codornices this Sunday at 11, IF I get enough commits by this Friday morning…Raymond
7/22/11
Softball: Wine
Dear People,
There will be a game at Codornices this Sunday at 11, and as of now there are still four slots left.
Please bring $4 for the field, which for this week only includes a complimentary post-game carafe of 1966 Chablis Premier Cru, loving served over a chilled stein of freshly crushed snow cone ice….Raymond 845-7552
PS: Alan Brill, the beloved Baryshnikovian Sandy Koufax of our entire community, writes to you with a heavy aerobic heart….
"My softball league team did not pull it together this season. If someone knows of a team with an opening, please contact me at brill@sbcglobal.net or h. 510 482 1410."